Further updates have emerged following the overnight collapse of a two-storey building on Coates Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo area of Lagos Mainland an incident first reported exclusively by Lagos Reporters shortly after midnight on Sunday.
The collapsed structure, officials confirmed, had earlier been marked as distressed before it gave way, trapping several occupants beneath the rubble.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, stated that rescue operations are ongoing.
“So far, 15 people, including seven men, four women and four children, have been rescued with varying degrees of injuries and taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Ebute-Metta and General Hospital, Odan in Lagos Island,” the agency disclosed.
Emergency responders are continuing search efforts as more victims are believed to be trapped.